Maybe I don't have enough internet forum experience... but to me... it just seems like a humorous way to say "gee, I liked that comment" or "Boy, that is silly/inane/boring/stupid" Apparently most people take it way more seriously...

for the record I object to the terms, Exalt, Smite & Karma, purely on a Theological standpoint... other than that I'm cool ^_^

I vote for leaving it alone and see if it floats. Humans are creatures of habits. Some bad. Life is change. Lets see what happens with the new board for a couple weeks.

I also vote that this board is "Secular". And any mention of theology, Rick Warren, and anything else religious is to be in the religion/politics threads where I can shred you without offending others.

I don't care about the terminology. I do care that I have no idea what I did that was good or bad, and I have no idea who liked or didn't like it. It's hard to get feedback on what to post more or less of this way.

I agree, Cayci, BTW, you've been exalted. I feel like I have to post after exalting, just to let the person know! That will make for some high post counts I guess. I don't think I'd feel so strongly about the smites if we knew who did it and for what comment.

The more I think about it the more I don't like it. I think the Smite Feature should be removed and I agree that anonymity is troubling. People should take responsibility for their smites. It's true that smites might discourage stating different opinions. BTW Mojo's karma is now -11 and USCTrojanCPA is now -5 (I gave him 3 exalts). Maybe we need more wooden spoons!

The more I think about it the more I don't like it. I think the Smite Feature should be removed and I agree that anonymity is troubling. People should take responsibility for their smites. It's true that smites might discourage stating different opinions. BTW Mojo's karma is now -11 and USCTrojanCPA is now -5 (I gave him 3 exalts). Maybe we need more wooden spoons!

Update: After the results of the poll came in and bloggers decided they did NOT want the smite feature, we took steps to hide it. Unfortunately, we were not able to remove the feature from all who were viewing the site. Several users continued to use smite while others couldn't. Consequently, we have disabled the entire Karma feature unless or until a different solution can be found.